Aneirin
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That is why I believe human constructs like religion and politics only act as a justification for the things we in our hearts would question, but because of the existence of these constructs and others, we can act outside of ourselves, and give ourselves licence to be what we wouldn't normally be, and when we are caught out, we can blame the constructs not ourselves, which has the habit of making us feel absolved of blame, again the others.
Sometimes I ask of myself what is the purpose of the constructs we create, is it so we can act outside of ourselves and be something different from ourselves, an experience maybe, or a form of parity in cases where we are uncertain of ourselves, a fantasy even to escape to away from ourselves and that dependant on how we view ourselves.
But one thing is certain everything that befalls us is of our own making, somewhere down the line we allowed it to happen, so what happens is our own fault not any others or any construct we created or allowed to exist in our lives.
I find your first paragraph so interesting because it relates to something I experienced many years ago.
At the time I was going through what I would describe as a "spiritual crisis". I began to wonder if any form of power (described as God in most religions) even existed. I examined it more as to how it pertained to me. If there was no afterlife, if there was no God, I could behave in any way I pleased (Within the confines of the law, given that life certainly would be less useful and more unhappy being locked in jail.) To make a long story short, I realized that I could only live in a way that felt right to me - regardless of whether or not God existed. That helped me tremendously to move forward. From then on I realized if I listened to my inner voice, it would point me in the right direction. It isn't always easy to hear that inner voice, but I do try. So...in contrast to those you describe in your sentence/paragraph, I will not blame anyone else for my doings. I see what you mean though...there are many who are hypocrites in this way. But not all who follow a religion, or what have you, will place the blame on their religion and so I cannot agree that this is the sole purpose of religion. Politics? *sigh* That is a beast that has definitely altered from its origins. How did it become an entity on its own, rather than a tool to be used? (If that makes sense.)
Perhaps it was meant that we were to behave in such a way as within the confines of the law, but what law and whose law, for much of law has been created with religion and politics in mind. Thou shall't not kill, excellent, although a heathen of sorts, I agree with this and this because it is morally right, killing others is wrong and in the great game of things, killing others is immoral there can be no justification, which then brings me to the act of war, where somehow the moral guidance goes wrong, as killing is seen as ok to achieve one's ends, which as usual are political failings, failures of diplomacy be that religious or political.
But why has our constructs become so powerful, well that can either be we have lost faith in ourselves to define what is right and what is wrong or we have allowed the constructs to gain power via those that saw them as a useful tool for their own enrichment. But what sort of person can do that, well, from my own understanding, all it takes is charisma to gain others attention and then the rest may follow. ( Why I always mistrust the salesman)
As to the inner voice, or the inner voices, perhaps illustrated well in the old cartoons, the devil on one shoulder and the angel on the other, there indicating we are guided by both good and evil, or good and evil as we individually see it for everyone is different and it is this difference in people that should be the parity we draw from, not the charisma of one or a few.
I rely much on the inner voice and that because of my self defined spiritiuality, but I do not always follow it to the letter for it can be a trickster at times and I do see it very much as the innocent child within that needs to learn through me, so I treat it with the logic of the situation and quite often we agree to something in between, for my inner voice is my parity, not the constructs as others dictate them to me.
But as to getting it wrong, well, we are only human, and it is said we learn from our mistakes, which it is a pity when we act through the constructs, we do not, so I personally question their value as consistantly getting it wrong tells me they are either doing it wrong, i.e. not learning or it is the intent to cause evil and that possibly by those charismatic few who have glibly conned us into believing they are the or know the way to the saviour.
Perhaps as we tutor children to become adults the question should be asked, are we qualified to teach a child to become an adult when to all intents and purposes we are all children still, and that indicated by the way we are in this world, for much of what is happening, could be called childish. If we haven't grown up, matured so to speak, how can we tutor those that depend on us, for we haven't been here that long either.
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Everything we are is the result of what we have thought, the mind is everything, what we think, we become - Guatama Buddha
Conservatism is distrust of people tempered by fear - William Gladstone
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